CVE-2026-111892phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Missing Rate Limiting on Password-Reset Endpoints
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phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta lacks effective rate limiting on the unauthenticated user/password/update and user/password/reset endpoints. Unauthenticated attackers can send unlimited reset requests to flood a registered user's inbox with reset emails, exhausting mailer and server resources.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-307
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 17, 2026
Affected products
thorsten phpMyFAQ thorsten:phpmyfaq (from the name) | from 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta; 4.2.0-beta not affected | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ/security/advisories/GHSA-p2cj-r7vv-fr2rvendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyfaq-4.2.0-alpha-before-4.2.0-beta-missing-rate-limiting-on-password-reset-endpointsthird-party-advisory
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